Political Science Educator

Using Reading Groups to Encourage Deeper and Broader Reading

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Colin M. Brown (colin.brown@northeastern.edu)

I came out of an undergraduate and graduate tradition of assigning massive reading lists on each course syllabus. While I often did not read everything …

Using Non-Content-Related Quiz Questions to Build Rapport

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Rebecca A. Glazier (raglazier@ualr.edu)

Preparing a new class can be a great way to think about pedagogy with a clean slate. But it can also be a lot of …

It’s a Trap! Teaching Bureaucratic Politics with a Star Wars Simulation

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Jen Spindel (Jennifer.Spindel@unh.edu)

Announcing that you are going to spend a semester studying bureaucracy is a great way to kill the beginning-of-semester enthusiasm for a new course. Bureaucracy?! So …

Lessons Learned from Online Students in a Conflict Zone

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Dale Mineshima-Lowe (d.mineshima-lowe@parami.edu.mm)

 I’ve spent the past two plus years teaching synchronous online classes twice a week to undergraduate students in Myanmar (Burma). As a visiting faculty member, I …

Teaching During Wartime: Institutional Adjustments with a Flexible Classroom Teaching Approach

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Niva Golan-Nadir (niva.golan@post.runi.ac.il)

During troublesome events, academia must adjust itself to new realities to be able to follow through the academic year, despite the challenges it faces. Yet, change …

Reflections on Developing Wicked Problem Solvers

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Paige Tan (etan3@radford.edu), Heather Keith (hkeith1@radford.edu),  and Tay Keong Tan (ttan2@radford.edu)

In response to a book group on Paul Hanstedt’s Creating Wicked Students (2018),

Reintroducing and Reinforcing: Political Science Bootcamp for Graduate Students in a Master of Public Administration Program

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Amber Overholser (aroverholser@saumag.edu) and Sante Mastriana (smastriana@closeup.org)

Students often enter Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs with a desire to work and make positive change within the …

A Critical Review of the APSA Presidential Task Force on Rethinking Political Science Education

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

Reflections


By Matthew Stein (Matthew.Stein@csn.edu), Alexandra Macias (alexandra.cole@csun.edu), and Jennifer De Maio (jennifer.demaio@csun.edu)

On the same day we presented our research at the 2023 American Political Science …

Preparing Students for the 2024 Election: Voter Education & Engagement Workshops for College Teachers

June 7, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 1

The Teacher-Scholar


By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iusb.edu)

In this edition of The Teacher-Scholar, I want to draw people’s attention to a range of voter education and engagement workshops designed to …

Open Pedagogy: Charting the Potential to Co-create Non-disposable Objects with Students in Your Classes

February 12, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Interview


This interview is the third installment in a Q&A series focused on education and politics. Matt Evans, Professor of Political Science at Northwest Arkansas Community College, interviewed Jamie Witman, the Open Educational

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